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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
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Paul Gorst

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain makes first start in 10 months as Liverpool make six team changes to line-up for Aston Villa

Jurgen Klopp makes six changes in total as Liverpool return to Premier League action at Aston Villa.

Alisson Becker is named in goal behind a back four that includes Trent Alexander-Arnold and Virgil van Dijk alongside Andy Robertson and Joel Matip, who both keep their place from the League Cup exit at Manchester City on Thursday.

In midfield, captain Jordan Henderson returns with Fabinho as Thiago Alcantara keeps his place.

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Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain makes his first league start in 10 months in the front three alongside Darwin Nunez and Mohamed Salah.

Teenage winger Ben Doak is included as part of the substitutes' bench as Naby Keita is named alongside Joe Gomez, Fabio Carvalho and Harvey Elliott.

Liverpool : Alisson; Alexander-Arnold, Matip, Van Dijk, Robertson; Fabinho, Henderson, Thiago; Salah, Nunez, Oxlade-Chamberlain.

Subs : Kelleher, Gomez, Keita, Elliott, Tsimikas, Carvalho, Bajcetic, Phillips, Doak.

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